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6 Thursday, April 25, 2013MICHIGAN K.I.D.S. | WWW.DNIE.COMYakking about the newsA weekly wrap-up for young readersof other storm names, you will not see Sandy on the name list in2014 for hurricanes. Because super storm Sandy was so horrific onthe East Coast last fall, that name has been retired. Instead, Sara willbe on the list.File PhotoThis is the Ambassador Bridge, the first bridge from Detroit to Windsor.Bridge On The WayA new bridge to Canada is on track. Gov. Rick Snyder celebratedthe announcement on April 12 when a presidential permit wasgiven. The bridge will be the second between Windsor and Detroit.This bridge will be located in the southwest Detroit neighborhoodcalled Delray. Because Canada is paying for the new bridge, it willbe Canada who starts the process by assembling a bridge team,buying land and hiring contractors, reported the Detroit Free Press.The bridge completion probably would not be until 2020. Thereis objection to the planned bridge from Matty Moroun, owner ofDetroit’s other bridge to Canada, the Ambassador Bridge, whichwas built in 1929, and lawsuits could possibly delay the start.Meanwhile, this bridge doesn’t have a name yet. The Free Press hasasked readers for naming ideas, but the Yak wants to know whatyounger readers propose. A Yak Bridge? You can mail your namesto Yak’s Corner, DNIE, 615 W. Lafayette Blvd., Detroit, MI 48226,and we will share them in an upcoming issue. Can you remember thename of the other bridge to Canada at Port Huron?Stormy SpringAt Yak’s Corner press time, April was finishing off the month withwintry weather, including winter storm Walda. The Yak expects wecould reach the end of the alphabet (Z for Zeus) before the winterweather moves on. Walda hit the upper Great Lakes hard, withMinnesota shoveling and Michigan flooding in parts. The springtornado season, off to a slower start, hit hard with more than a dozentwisters hitting the southern part of the U.S. recently. And speakingDinosaur Growth SpurtDinosaur discoveries always have the Yak amazed. This month,paleontologists (pay-lee-on-tahl-o-jists), who study fossils of ancientlife, have reported in the journal Nature that studying bones andfossilized eggshells show that dinosaur babies grew very fast.The discovery of the fossilized eggshell and tiny bones from adinosaur embryo was made in southern China. The remains – atlest 190 million years old – were from a plant-eating dinosaur calledLufengosaurus, which grew to 30 feet long. “These things weregrowing faster than anything we’ve ever seen – faster than any livingmammal or bird today or any known dinosaur,” Robert Reisz ofthe University of Toronto Mississauga, said in a Wall Street Journalreport.Kids Making NewsYoung Golfer Makes CutThe recent Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia, hadplenty of big stars on the course like Tiger Woods. One golfer stoodout because he was the youngest – 14-year-old Guan Tianlang. He isthe youngest player ever to compete in this prestigious tournament.Not only that, but he is the youngest to compete in any major golftournament in 148 years. The talented player told media he beganhitting golf balls at age 4. He was penalized with one stroke for slowplay (by an official referee at the tournament), but still made thecompetition. Keep your eyes on the talented golfer, who may be thenext Tiger Woods!Compiled byCathy CollisonAP PhotoGuan Tianlang, 14,made the cut to playin the Masters. He isthe youngest golferever to play in thattournament.